SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 27/01/2025

22 soldiers, over 70 insurgents killed in Borno clash -DHQ

Marketers may dump Dangote fuel as imported petrol costs N922/litre

Super Eagles know AFCON 2025 foes today

Three suspects remanded for kidnap, sale of 14 Ondo children

2baba confirms separation from Annie, retracts hacking claim 

One dead, six injured in Niger dynamite explosion

Ex-RCCG pastor Iluyomade’s ministry secures permanent site at Eko Atlantic

Anambra demolishes kidnappers’ hideout, uncovers graves, shrine

Colombia responds to Trump’s sanction, slams 25% tariff on US imports

Trump slaps sanctions on Colombia for defying deportation push

Two children, 17 others killed in Bolivia speeding bus crash

Elephant kills tourist while saving grandchildren in South Africa


DID YOU KNOW?

  • The Bible is the most-read book in the world. This best-selling book sees up to 100 million copies sold or donated annually.
  • The world’s largest butterfly, Queen Alexandra’s birdwing, has a wingspan of around 10 inches.

Tinubu seeks end to tanker explosions, condoles Enugu victims’ families

Tinubu arrives Dar es Salaam for Africa Heads of State Energy Summit

Kalu mourns Enugu tanker explosion victims, calls for road repairs

Supreme Court affirms Halliburton’s $6.9m tax debt to Nigeria 

Bamidele, Ozekhome, 13 others confirmed life benchers

N1.3bn fraud: Police to arraign Obanikoro’s son, others Feb 27

SERAP sues FG, NCC over 50% telecom tariff hike

UK-bound drug hidden in duvet seized at Lagos airport, two arrested

Soldiers dismantle 13 illegal refineries, arrest 15 suspects in N’Delta

Minister vows to complete housing projects in 20 states

Nigeria-India share many similarities, says Minister Tuggar

Tinubu not travelling enough, needs more trips – Minister

FG plans to retrain 60,000 health workers – Minister

FG to conduct MSMEs census in 2025 – Minister

FG shops for new Accountant General, plans exams, interviews

$1.8bn allocated for food imports in nine months – CBN

Julius Berger to construct Armed Forces Complex

JAMB introduces mock UTME for underage candidates

NYSC mobilises 117 pioneer graduates of CUSTECH for service 

ASUU explains why Niger Delta University strike persists

Industrial unrest looms in 110 FGCs as Labour issues strike notice

NEITI urges NNPCL to complete refinery rehabilitation

CNG, electric cars attract $700m investment – FG

1,866 employers receive pension compliance certificates

Wike’s intervention transforms school for the Gifted in Abuja – Teachers

Buhari praises ThisDay’s 30-year legacy

I’m a Christian but won’t despise Orunmila – Obasanjo

Otu dissolves C’River varsity governing council, appoints new VC

UNILORIN trains 21 students in AI, plans to sponsor 500 more

Bowen varsity sets up panel to probe student’s murder

UniJos Institute To Offer Over 10 Sports Education Courses

Consumers kick as IBEDC hikes energy cost

Poor rail connectivity limits operations at Kaduna Port – MD

FG 90,000km fibre project to serve 12m people – USTDA

CBN sold N756bn Treasury bills – Afrinvest

Baobab supports SMEs with over N323bn loans

MASSOB congratulates Ohanaeze leader, insists Ikwerre are Igbo

Wike, serial betrayer, threat to PDP – Bauchi gov

Katsina LG poll: APC chair, Ganduje, welcomes defectors, unveils campaign

Aregbesola’s group quits APC, cites members’ expulsion, suspension

Flood submerges rice farms in Kwara, gov orders probe

Oyo has created enabling environment for tech companies to thrive – Makinde

Complete road repairs before rainy season, Okpehbolo directs contractors

Uba Sani pledges to make Kaduna the nation’s skills hub

Cult clashes probe: Ondo deputy gov urges residents to aid police

Obasa: Lagos Assembly tightens security as police promise peaceful plenary today

LASTMA impounds 120 tankers, others for illegal parking

Lagos mulls total ban as Okadas return to highways

Thousands Converge On Bauchi Stadium For 125th Nyass Maulud

Lagos to begin removal of illegal stalls at Apongbon Tuesday

Kogi allocates 30,000 hectares for farming

Flood destroys several hectares of rice farmlands in Kwara

Kwara to arraign 164 monthly sanitation violators

LASG to refund N223m to 2023 Hajj pilgrims

Niger CP orders probe into mining explosion that killed one, injured six

Police arrest three over murder of ex-Gombe revenue board chairman in Kano

Panic as graves, arms uncovered in popular Anambra hotel

74-year-old woman set ablaze in Anambra


TODAY IN HISTORY

  • On this day in 2002, explosions of sme bombs at the Ikeja Cantoment in Lagos, Nigeria, triggered a stampede of fleeing people, during which more than 1,000 people died.
  • On this day in 2000, Zamfara became the first Nigerian state to enact the Shari’a Penal Code
  • On this day in 1945, Soviet forces liberated Auschwitz. The German Nazi regime murdered over 1.1 million people in the extermination camps near Oświęcim, Poland.

Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions. – Tony Robbins

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Compiled by Joe Agbro Jr., (@Joeagbro), Joeagbro@dailyshot.ng, +234-8056745268

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